An Evening with Todd Agnew & Jonny Diaz

Concert day is getting closer for An Evening with Todd Agnew and Jonny Diaz.  Do you have your tickets yet?  If not, stop by after worship this weekend.  Or you can also request (and pay for) tickets online: http://www.calvarylc.com/

If you'd like to hear a sampling of the music of Todd Agnew, join us at worship this weekend.  You'll hear "This Fragile Breath" and "The Love of God".

Lyrics:

This Fragile Breath

I searched the world
For a song that I could sing
Praise to my King
A gift that I could bring
But no music I found
Could compare to You
Not one could do justice
To Your glory
What are my songs
Compared to Yours

You speak with thunder and lightning
Your voice shakes the mountains
The foundations of the earth
All I can offer is this fragile breath
With each one I'll praise You
With each one I'll praise You more

I searched the world
For a poem I could read
A rhyme that would bring
Glory to my King
But no writing I found
Was worthy of this God
High above all other gods
What are my words
Compared to Yours

You speak with thunder and lightning
Your voice shakes the mountains
The foundations of the earth
All I can offer is this fragile breath
With each one I'll praise You
With each one I'll praise You more

The Love of God

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell

O the love of God how rich and how pure
How measureless and strong
O the love of God
It shall evermore endure
The saints' and angels' song

When years of time shall pass away
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall
When men who here refuse to pray
On rocks and hills and mountains call
God's love so sure shall still endure
All measureless and strong
Redeeming grace to Adam's race
The saints' and angels' song

O the love of God how rich and how pure
How measureless and strong
O the love of God
It shall evermore endure
The saints' and angels' song

Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the oceans dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky

O the love of God how rich and how pure
How measureless and strong
O the love of God
It shall evermore endure
The saints' and angels' song

A Rose

In my hometown in Minnesota, there is a floral shop that randomly selects a person's first name and puts it on their outdoor sign. If your name is selected, you can stop in for a free rose! Receiving the free gift of a rose... your name was on the sign... grace?


One of my friends, Suzanne, writes about her experience of receiving a rose from this florist. You can read about it on her blog Every Season. Suzanne works with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Bemedji State University in Minnesota. It's an on campus ministry found at many colleges that reaches out to college students. Her blog centers on Christ and I hope you enjoy perusing Every Season.

Enjoy! & Happy Monday!
Sarah

Everlasting God

Everlasting God

Listen Here

Happy Post-Labor Day!

Sarah

Lifest 2010 This Week!!!

You can hear all these and more this week in Oshkosh, WI! Click on each band name to hear a selection of their music.
Enjoy!
Sarah


Casting Crowns
Skillet
Newsboys
Kutless
Todd Agnew
Rebecca St. James
Point of Grace

If you like that music, then try this music

Looking for some new tunes to add to your ipod this summer? Here's a chart that compares some secular artists you may know to Christian artists that have a similar style. Curious about how a group sounds? Type their name into a youtube search, and bam! - you'll have their music!

Enjoy these musicians on those long summer car rides!
Sarah

Christian and Secular Music Comparisons
Kim Jones
Christian Music Guide - www.about.com

"This chart isn't something that should be taken as saying "X band in the Christian Music industry sounds just like Y band in the secular music industry." It is more, "if you like so-and-so, then you should listen to so-and-so, because you'll probably like the similarities." The artists are listed alphabetically, and several styles/genres are included."

If you like ...---------------You should try ...
2 Unlimited ..................Lisa Bevill
A*Teens ......................Jump5
Aaron Carter .................Jump5
Avril Lavigne ................Jennifer Knapp
Babyface .....................Tonex
Bad Religion .................MxPx
Billy Joel ...................The Swift
Black Eyed Peas ..............tobyMac or Group 1 Crew
Celine Dion ..................Lisa Bevill
Coldplay .....................Tree63
Creed ........................Kutless or 12 Stones
Dave Matthews Band ...........Caedmon's Call
Depeche Mode .................Joy Electric or Newsboys
Destiny's Child ..............ZOEgirl or Mary Mary
Dixie Chicks .................Watermark
Eminem .......................tobyMac
Erasure ......................The Echoing Green
Evanescence ..................BarlowGirl
Fiona Apple ..................Nichole Nordeman
Gavin DeGraw .................The Swift or John David Webster
Geto Boys ....................Nuwine
Good Charlotte ...............MxPx
Goo Goo Dolls ................Jars of Clay
Jewel Rebecca ................St. James
Limp Bizkit ..................P.O.D. or Project 86
Linkin Park ..................Kutless
Master P .....................Nuwine
Notorious B.I.G. .............B.B.Jay
Outkast ......................tobyMac
Pet Shop Boys ................The Echoing Green
Rage Against The Machine .....Pillar or Spoken
Scarface .....................Nuwine
Simple Plan ..................Stellar Kart
Slayer .......................Living Sacrifice
Steve Taylor .................Newsboys
Stone Temple Pilots ..........Big Dismal
Sugar Ray ....................Audio Adrenaline
Tori Amos ....................Michelle Tumes
Tyrese .......................Lamar Campbell

Lifest 2010

LIFEST 2010 • JULY 7-11 • OSHKOSH, WI

6 Stages • Music • Speakers • Comedy • Camping
Activities • Kidzone • Food • Marketplace

Lifest

The Go Fish Guys

In the '90's, I learned of a Christian vocal group called Go Fish. At the time, they were a 3 voice acappella group. Their early cds are vocals with beat boxing, which is roughly described as when a vocalist makes vocal drum & bass noises as part of the accompaniment of the song.

Linked here are some of their earliest works. Today, their style has changed to be more in the vein of pop music. They are fun, catchy cds for families to use, see long car rides, and they share the gospel through their music. You can buy their recent cds at the 'Garden of Readin' at Elmbrook and you can also purchase them on line. My favorites are all from their early years, when they were more strictly acappella, with their unique sound. If you can get your paws on those cds, they are delightful. Enjoy the links!

Sarah

That Acappella Sound

You're My Little Girl

Silent Night

I Can Live with That